Post Closure
After the mall closed in 2002, there were many ideas thrown around as to what it should become. Government offices, a branch of Guilford Technical Community College, and a sports complex and indoor fitness facility were some of the ideas that were pitched. Linder Investments purchased the property, and turned some of the parking lots into soccer fields, however the mall structure itself remained vacant and boarded up after constant vandalism.
By 2005, Walmart had purchased part of the property, and demolition began on Carolina Circle Mall. By 2006, Walmart opened with a strip of new stores. Part of the Ring Road was removed, the very road for which Carolina Circle Mall was named. A Lowe's Home Improvement store replaced the Kmart across Carolina Circle Mall in 2007.
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